Vo: Founders cannot offload fundraising to VCs; it requires founder storytelling
Maggie Vo · Hedge Venture Capital: Innovating Risk Management in Early-Stage Investing with Fuel Venture Capital · Jul 11, 2025 · at 11:00
Fuel Venture Capital Managing Partner Maggie Vo explains what she looks for when evaluating founding teams and their division of responsibilities.
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“Fundraising is such a big thing when you know, being an intrapreneur, I come across some founders just like, I just want to operate companies, and I don't want to raise funds, and thinking that fundraising is our job, which I don't totally agree with it, but, you know, fundraising requires storytelling skill, Requiring, you know, a lot of charismatic.”
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